{"id":"jayant-krishnamurthy","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Jayant Krishnamurthy","hidden":false,"content":"**Jayant Krishnamurthy** is a Contributor at [Pyth](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network) Data Association and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Douro Labs, a Portugal-based company focused on oracle tooling and [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) infrastructure. Co-founded by Krishnamurthy and former Jump Trading and Jump Crypto members, Douro Labs aims to expand the [Pyth Network's](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network) decentralized data services for broader access to real-time market data in the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) ecosystem. Krishnamurthy also currently serves as a Software Engineer at Jump Trading Group.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-tv3agek06jo)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-awon4pxq6i9)  \n  \n# $$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](vZQP68ipZIs)$$Education  \n  \nHe earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015, working under the guidance of Tom Mitchell. His academic journey also includes a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2009. Krishnamurthy's undergraduate studies culminated in a Bachelor of Science (S.B.) in Computer Science from MIT in 2008. Throughout his academic career, Krishnamurthy actively participated as a teaching assistant for various courses.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-4mggna0fjv)[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-tv3agek06jo)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nJayant Krishnamurthy has been the Chief Technology Officer at Douro Labs since August 2023. Douro Labs, established by Krishnamurthy, [Michael Cahill](https://iq.wiki/wiki/michael-cahill), and [Ciarán Cronin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ciaran-cronin), aims to enhance the [Pyth Network's ](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network)decentralized data services by developing [oracle](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle) tooling, products, and [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) infrastructure. Founded in 2023, Douro Labs contributes to the acceleration of the [Pyth Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network), a leading financial [oracle](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle) network delivering real-time market data to [smart contracts](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract).[\\[7\\]](#cite-id-6x9m19za317)[\\[8\\]](#cite-id-hcywgslhagn)  \n  \nBefore this, he already held the position of Software Engineer at Jump Trading Group, responsible for creating [Pyth Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network), where he has been employed since August 2021. Jump Trading Group engages in advanced research across Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to apply scientific discoveries to global financial markets. Research outcomes aim to drive superior risk-adjusted returns and contribute to technological advancements across various industries.  \n  \n> \"Developers in the [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) space usually have 3 problems with legacy [oracles](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle): Feeds don’t update fast enough, Asset selection isn’t wide enough, Lack of transparent data sources. [Pyth Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network) is designed to solve all of these problems in the most scalable, elegant way\" - Jayant Krishnamurthy [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-awon4pxq6i9)  \n  \nMembers of the Jump Trading team play significant roles in the development of the [Pyth Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network). The [Pyth Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pyth-network) serves as a prominent [oracle](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle) for real-time financial data globally, facilitating transactions across numerous [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) applications.[\\[6\\]](#cite-id-77du171q37)[\\[8\\]](#cite-id-hcywgslhagn)  \n  \nBefore his tenure at Jump Trading Group, Krishnamurthy worked at Microsoft as a Principal Researcher, from 2018 to 2021. Preceding this role, he served as a Senior Research Scientist at Semantic Machines until 2018, when Microsoft acquired the company.  \n  \nKrishnamurthy began his professional career as a Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) in May 2015, where he contributed for two years until April 2017, based in Seattle, Washington, United States.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-tv3agek06jo)  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](qbHmJC76OmM)$$  \n  \n# Publications  \n  \nJayant Krishnamurthy's contributions to computer science are evident in his research publications, encompassing diverse areas such as \"Structured Set Matching Networks for One-Shot Part Labeling\" (CVPR 2018) and \"Neural Semantic Parsing with Type Constraints for Semi-Structured Tables\" (EMNLP 2017). His studies, including a Ph.D. thesis on \"Learning to Understand Natural Language with Less Human Effort\" (2015), explore the intersection of language and vision, as seen in \"Visually-Verifiable Textual Entailment: A Challenge Task for Combining Language and Vision\" (2015).  \n  \nKrishnamurthy's research spans practical applications like \"Instructable Intelligent Personal Agent\" (AAAI 2016) and theoretical aspects such as \"Learning Compositional Semantics for Freebase with an Open Predicate Vocabulary\" (2015). His work aims to reflect a commitment to advancing the understanding of natural language through multidisciplinary research efforts, contributing to the broader field of machine learning.[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-fcv9efphvjm)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-4mggna0fjv)[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-a59c8lksjjg)","summary":"Jayant Krishnamurthy is a computer scientist, CTO at Douro Labs, Contributor at Pyth Data Association, and Software Engineer at Jump Trading Group.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"Developers"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"tv3agek06jo\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayant-krishnamurthy-134035188/\",\"description\":\"linkedin Jayant Krishnamurthy\",\"timestamp\":1703676617685},{\"id\":\"awon4pxq6i9\",\"url\":\"https://twitter.com/jayantkrish?lang=de\",\"description\":\"twitter Jayant Krishnamurthy\",\"timestamp\":1703676631676},{\"id\":\"4mggna0fjv\",\"url\":\"http://www.jayantkrish.com/\",\"description\":\"Website Jayant Krishnamurthy\",\"timestamp\":1703677917929},{\"id\":\"fcv9efphvjm\",\"url\":\"https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Jayant-Krishnamurthy-69756488\",\"description\":\"researchgate krishnamurthy publications\",\"timestamp\":1703677959184},{\"id\":\"a59c8lksjjg\",\"url\":\"https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8pB07TsAAAAJ&hl=en\",\"description\":\"google scholar Krishnamurthy publications\",\"timestamp\":1703677983725},{\"id\":\"77du171q37\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/@zkpedia33/understanding-the-next-generation-oracle-project-pyth-network-in-a-single-article-4fda9f9e8210\",\"description\":\"medium - understanding PYTH\",\"timestamp\":1711431272103},{\"id\":\"6x9m19za317\",\"url\":\"https://thefullfx.com/douro-labs-opens-the-doors-joins-pyth-network/\",\"description\":\"thefullfx - Douro Labs\",\"timestamp\":1711431294169},{\"id\":\"hcywgslhagn\",\"url\":\"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/douro-labs-launches-joins-pyth-120000366.html\",\"description\":\"finance yahoo - Pyth network and douro labs\",\"timestamp\":1711431320882}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/jayantkrish?lang=de"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayant-krishnamurthy-134035188/"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmUgby1qzSEeXtnsN9c8H7jg2hhKbwdo2zFu6vzrUuenRE"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0xf32ECD5c8f5633212f1a25A3931aDDc0CEc42938","profile":null},"media":[{"name":"vZQP68ipZIs","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZQP68ipZIs","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"qbHmJC76OmM","size":0,"id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbHmJC76OmM","source":"YOUTUBE"}],"views":197,"events":[],"ipfs":"QmUgby1qzSEeXtnsN9c8H7jg2hhKbwdo2zFu6vzrUuenRE","transactionHash":"0xd83605ad9fe5a91276bd94cfd5e71eac95a8f2f06b705dfa2f4c7657a12a3309","created":"2023-12-27T11:53:52.103Z","updated":"2024-03-26T05:47:26.877Z","images":[{"id":"QmTwcSZ8E9E4oUE33iUZjeAHfcXfDGrwkHjYaVTr4KaNc7","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"linkedWikis":null}